Part 4: Raining Cats, Dogs, and Other Animals
Realistic (fiction),
1,247 words,
Level R (Grade 3)
Serial
Here comes Charly, again, in her fourth story in a five-part series. In her attempt to put a smile on everybody's face, she has actually made everyone really mad! The drought has come to an end, but now it's raining cats and dogs on the annual Swing into Spring Parade.
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Preteach the Vocabulary
Story Words
cloud-seeding, dangled, experiment, freeloading, glorious, haywire, parched, scattered, sopping, tournament
cloud-seeding, dangled, experiment, freeloading, glorious, haywire, parched, scattered, sopping, tournament
Teach the Objectives
Reading Strategy
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the correct use of exclamation points
Word Work
Identify and understand idioms
Use the reading strategy of connecting to prior knowledge to understand text
Comprehension
Make inferences
Grammar and Mechanics
Identify and understand the correct use of exclamation points
Word Work
Identify and understand idioms
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups
or whole class
Assess the Objectives
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